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F. E. VALOIS.

STOP MOTION.

. APPLICATION FILED 001.31, 1911.

1,422,64Q v Patented July 11; 1922.

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F. E. VALOIS.

I STOP monou. APPLICATION FILED OCT. 3h 19H.

1,422,640, Patented July 11, 1922.

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'FJE. VALOIS.

STOP MOTION. APPLICATION FILED OCT. 3], 1917.

' Patented J uly 11, 1922.

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UNITED STATES.

PATENT OFFICE.

FELIX EMILE VALOIS, or HAVERHILL, MASSACHUSETTS, ASsrcNoE To HAMEL SHOE MACHINERY COMPANY, OF LYNN, MASSACHUSETTS, A co PoEATIoN 0E Massa- CHUSET STOP MOTION.

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Specification of letters Patent. Patented J uly 1 1, 1922.

Original application filed July 31, 1916, Serial No. 112,230. Divided 8,116. this application filed October a citizen of the United States, residing at Haverhill, county of Essex, State of Massachusetts, have invented a certain new and useful improvement in Stop Motions, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings. i

This application is a division of my prior application for improvement in stop motions filed July 81, 1916, Ser. No. 112,230.

The invention relates tostop motions for use on various kinds of rotary machines, such as shoe sewing machines, button hole machines, folding machines, and shoe machines to relieve the operator of the work of stopping the machine by hand at the proper position in the cycle of motion. Machines of this general character, as heretotore constructed, have been provided with a hand wheel by which the operator stops the machine and' by which he turns the ma chine backward or forward to permit the work to be inserted or removed at a predetermined. point in the cycle ofoperation of the machine. This makes it necessary for the operator to use one hand to stop and turn back the machine, and consequently delays him in his work.

My present invention provides an automatic mechanism by means of which the machine will be stopped when the foot treadle by which the operator controls the machine is released. The machine will be stopped quickly even when running at low that an unnecessarily large proportion of the time has been consumed in stopping and 31, 1917. Serial No. 199,402.

turning back the machine to the predetermined point in its cycle. This has some .times been accomplished by having high speed driving mechanism and low speed driving mechanism and arranging the stop motion sothat it acts to change the drive from highv speed tolow speed and then stops the machine.

InIthe device embodying my invention,

a the stop motion firstoperates to connect the machine so that it will be operated momentarily at leastby the high speed driving mechanism, and then disconnects the driving'mechanism and stops the machine. If, for instance, the operator wants to stop the machine while running slowly along some portion of the work, the stop motion first puts the machine into high speed, and then stops it, in the predetermined position in the cycle of operation. The result is that the output of the machine is very much increased. I find that the mechanism embody -ing my invention-willstop a machine with no noise or jar even though it is driven by the high speed drive at full speed.

The machine is so constructed that a single belt is employed even though the machine can be run at a range of speeds. The

stop motion may be disconnected by moving a single lever, and thereafterthe machine can be operated by the hand wheel as in the past. structed that it will stop' the machine by letting up. the treadle enough to disconnect the driving clutch but not. enough to set the stop motion. in action, the machine under these conditions, stopping by the loss of momentum with the working instrumentalities. still in operation. This is convenient, as it gives the operator 2. chance to examine the Work whenever he desires. It permits the use, of the machine on a large range of work, as-forinstance welt shoes where the welt is sewed all the way around the upper. In thiscase the operator will let up the treadle just enough to disconnect the drive, he will then cut oil the welt, depress the drive and continue the stitching until he reaches the starting point when he will release the treadle and the stop motion will stop the machine.

In the following description I have de- The stop motion is also so con-' mneh of the sewingmarhineibmng scribed the. motiome m .i a. y ';i ventidn as ap" i eiltoa shbe.= Tl%l$, as I have already put my invention into commercial use in connection .with this machine. it Iibe" undeist cf 'hpweir as my step ilioti nis'apphab t0- acetates able variet of machines for other purposes and that do not limit myself to the emn in the drawin s. It

ientasshw H W M i ui'ttevte meisttod that Tde sir'etcS F .eleim my. iaventiqnin .thehromlest pmbie manner, since I believe myself tmbewthefirst to construct a stop motion which acts to speed up :the machine ibeflire :litdtops l The. .invdiftion will be funderstoud the. IOllP WiHg 7 MI W lfl'llwiialfllli in connection Fwithvthe .--eem1pan ldraw ings, and thevnovel features: ,will be pointed but and clmrlzy :deliinad in the claims .at the close of -thisd. edifibation.

Fig.1}, is-a detail of thewstop'cam and; the

upper endziofithe'stdp 'leterythe parts be ing in the :position dccupziedfwhile the machine is 'being' stopped. 5 1 I Fig. 7 isaqectio'nal vie w onrtlre imam-7,

Fig. 1, themotls and roll 'e'ai fiensbeing in -sto ping position.

efmng to the drawingspthdre shown a Atheframeof'the inaohinecatflthe main driving sliaft tit C the driving pulley, and at D thev haridzwheet; said hand wheel being fast to the main shaft 13. interposed hettveedfthe driving whie'el C and: thehand wheel 1) is-a deather disk -11 fastened to: the face of hand wheel bu-bf the driving wheel... Flt will thereforerbezunderstood that whenlthe? driving wheel C isfniowed to the left, the'hand wheel D and main shaft-Hamill caused to rotate byflfrietiml eorltasct. -At

L is shown part of'aubelhcmmkbvwhieh one of the working insmimentwlities'of the "machine, :in this case'thneedle =(not showh) is operated. iAt'P is shown the treadieby means of which. the 'maeliine is eontrdlled by the operator. The treadle P'isconheoted by a. chain oriwire M .to 'the flower end of a tieadlebar lflmovable 'vertioally in laiguideway formed by-a groove inithe frame of'the machine a'nda cover '14 secured thereto.

The lipper'end of the treaid ieabar 13 iszprovided with a roll 19 which'rests'on a hard wearing s urf-ace'20-forngedolfthe end of an iwhioh is strong enough to 1i v*attacl'ntd parts. 'As will be explained more atm l of a rock shaft 22. This rock shaft ll'asf. wt 23 and Y24 carrying rolls 25 which form a clutch shifter and which are located in a groove 26 of the clutch hub 27 of the driving wheel 0. When-are treadle P depressed, this mechanism fishes the hub 27 .t0 the left, as viewed in rg. '1', and produces a frictional engagement sufficient to driye the wheel D and thus the machine. or'o'riv'eiiience these parts maybe referred to as thevariable speed clutch7. The preseureexexied on the treadle P by the operator will regulate the speed of the machine. The greater the remre the faster the machine will iun until it is revolving at the same speed as the main driving wheel C. The

treadle bar 1 3 is held up h a spring 93 the bar and fully later,-;the treadle bar actuates the @op motion, butthe treadle bar has a range of motion suflicient to vary the speed of the machine from full speed dhwn to a. point i where the clutch is disengaged and 'the machine can stop by loss of momentum, the purpose being to make it possible for the workman to run the machine at any speed or even 'to stop it by hand in the old way without the interposition of the stop motion.

The treadle bar13 is provided on its side ed ewith a notch 28 within which is reeeived the and of a finger 29 formed on a lever-30 pivoted at 31 to the frame of the .machine. The finger 29 is guided "in a slot formed in the cover 14 in which thetreadle bar slides. The leverSO carries-asmall roller 32-moved bythe cam-face 33 formed b a slqt in -a cam 34 fixed on the main she t B. A spring 94 holds the roller 32 in contact with the-cam face 33. This cam roll operates to move the lever 30 and withdraw finger 29 from the notch in the treadle bar so that the treadle bar can be moved above a predeterminedpointonly when the "main shaft is in a certain position. The up per edge of the notch 28 in the treadlebar is rounded'or inclined so that the treadle bar can be pulled down by the treadle even when *the finger 29 is in the slot, but whenever ithe. finger is in'the notch it will prevent the treadie 'bar being raised above the predetermined-point. It will'be seen'thatthecam 34 is not a positive cam and that when the notch 28is not opposite the end of the finger 29, the said finger will'restagainst the side of the treadle bar 13, except when it is gnoved away bythehigh spot h on the cam ace 33.

On the main shaft B isfixed the disk H by which some of the working instrumentalities are operated. The periphery of this disk serves asa brake wheel and is engaged .by a brake 36which is operated by the stop 'motion in a-manner which "will be described hereafter. There is also keyeil'on the main face i 27.

which acts as one member of a roll clutch of the well known Horton type. represented in the United States Patent No. 260,394, of July 4, 1882. The driving member of this clutch is constituted by the hub 27 of the driving wheel C; such hub being recessed to provide the internal cylindrical driving sur- Between the driving surface 27 and the clutchhub 38 is positioned the re duced hub extension 39 of the roll-carrier 39, the hub 39 being formed with the diametrically opposed slots 39 for reception of the clutch rolls 90. For convenience this clutch maybe referred to as the full speed clutch, lVhen the clutch hub 27 on which the drive wheel C is mounted is moved to the right as shown in Fig. 1, itfirst engages the face 39 of the roll carrier 39 of the full speed cl utch'frictionally and speeds up the latter, thus carryingthe clutch rolls 90 ahead and wedging them between the drivingsurface 27 and the inclined or eccentric.

portions 91 of the clutch hub 38, as shown in Fig. 3. This action effects the clutching of the shaft B to the drive wheel C, whereby the shaft B is driven at the speed of such drive wheel until the parts are de-clutched. The roll carrier 39 is provided on its exterior with a tooth 48 which assists in effecting'the de-clutching of the driving member 27 and the hub 38 ofthe stop cam 37. i

The stopping of the machine is effected by the following mechanism At 40 is shown a swin in g stop lever pivoted on trunnions 41, 42. to the frame of the machine. A spring 43 exerts a pressure on the upper end of the stop lever 40 and pushes it toward the cam 37 previouslyreferred to. The stop lever'40 is hollow and contains a spring 44 which surrounds a pin 49 which also serves as a cam follower and carries a collar 45 against which the upper end of the spring 44 rests.

The collar 45 is provided with an arm 54 which extends sideways through a slot55 in the side of the stop lever 40. The upper end of the spring pin or cam follower .49 protrudes through the upperend of the stop lever. The stop lever 40 alsohas an arm or projection 46 protected bya hardened steel face 47. This armor projection 46 is located so that it may be swung into the path of the tooth 48 on the roll carrier 39 of the full speed clutch. The stop lever 40 also has a tail 50 extending across'the treadle bar 13 at a point underneath, a small roller 51 so that when the treadle bar is'depressed the upper end of the stop lever will be swung.

to the right .as shown in Fig. 1 and. the spring 4-3 will be compressed to set the parts.

The stop lever is held normally in this posiwear plate 20 carried above the end of arm 21. This tail, when in operative position, serves to prevent upward movement of said arm 21 under the action of the spring 85, but upon the movement of the upper end of latch 52 to the left at a pre-determined point in the stopping cycle of the machine, arm 21 is free to rise. This mechanism actuates the clutchmechanism which will be described in detail hereafter, A spring 92 surrounds the pivot 53 and holds the lower end of the latch 5.2 to the left as seen in Fig. 1.

The lower end of the latch 52 is normally in'the path of movement of the tail 50 of the stop lever and, therefore, holds the spring compressed and the upper end of the stop lever to the right as shown in Fig. 1 until the latch ismoved to release the parts.

lVhen the treadle is released and the treadle bar 13 is pulled up by the spring 93, the roller 51 strikes a cam surface Z) on the latch 52 and pushes it aside so that the spring 43 is then free to act and push the stop lever 40 toward the cam 37. The upper end of the spring pin or cam follower 49 is out of the path of the cam 37 when the parts are in the position shown in Fig. l. lit hen the stoplever isreleased and is pushed over ,by the spring 43, the upper end of the spring pin or cam follower 49 comes into thepath of the cam. The shape of this cam will be clearly seen from Figs. 4 and 5. There is an inclined surface 0 on the end face which runs into a cut away portion (1 on the edge of the cam and this is followed the left until the end of the pin rests on the edge surface (Z of the cam. 'The further movement of the cam pushes down the spring pin 49 and compresses the spring 44, the full limit of movement of the pin being reached when it is onthe high spot a. Sufficient energy is thus stored in the spring by the cam to actuate the brake, when the spring is released. The furthermovement of the cam allows the end of the pin to snap up into the notch f being operated by the spring 44.

This has the effect of applying the brake 36 to the periphery of the disk H which serves as a brake wheel. The mechanism just described forms a convenient brake mechanism by which to bring the main-shaft suddenly to a standstill without destructive shock; but it Wlll be understood that the invention is not limited to such mechanism and that the terms brake and brake mechanism as used in the clalms are not limited to friction steps such as shown in the drawings but are intended broadly to cover any other equivalent mechanism for bringing the main-shaft to a standstill.

The upper end of the slide rod 55 which cerriesthe brake 36 is provided with-e. notch in which 0 crates 21 tooth 56 formed on a rock shaft 7 (-see Fig. 3). This rock shaft 57 has an arm 58 to which is connected the upper end of a link 59. The link .59 is connected at its lower end to a bell crank pivoted at 62130 the cover l4 which is secured to the frame of the machine. As shown in the drewings the-bell crank 60 operetesa; tension release which being of well known eonstmctionf will not be described in detail herein. This bell crank may be used to-operate some other portion of the machine if desired. The link 59 has neuritis lower and a pawl 63 pivoted to it at 64. At is shown a stop against which the pawl is normally held means of a spring 66*. The lower end of t e pawl 63 is in the path of the arm 54 when the stop lever is being swung over by the spring 43. When the in 49 hes'been fully depressed by the action of the cm 37 beingiat that time on the hi h spot e of the cam, the arm 54 will be under the parwl 6B As soon as the end of the pin 49 rides over the high spot 6 into the notch f, the heavy spring 44 will push 11p the pawl 63 and the link 59 on which it is mounted and will actuate the brake 36 through the rock shaft 57.

The-upward movement of the s ring pin 49 and link- 59 also performs 0t er functions. The lever 58 is extended beyond its pivot 57 end is provided with an arm 95 which carries an adjusting screw 96 which is located over an um 97 forming a. part of the rock shaft 22; Theatljusting screw is set'so-thotwhen the link 59 is moved up by the pin-49 in the stop lever- 40, it will contact with the arm 9% and move-the rock shaft 22 to slide the hub27 to the left out of frictional contact with the face of the roll carrier 39, but" not enough to cause it to contact with the hand wheel. This prevents the hub 27 rubbing against the roll carrier and causing undue friction while the mec'hineis idle. I v i To enable the: operator to use the machine without the stop motion, there is provided a small lever 4 which I term the stop-motion cut out which engages enotch 5 in the treadle bar 13. This notch is long enough to allow the treadle bar to'bemoved enough to operate the variable speed clutch C but when the stop-'motion'cut out is in the notch the spring 93 cannot lift the treadle bar high enough to operate the stop motion.

The operation of the machine embodying my invention is as follows: It will be assumed that the machine is in use to sew a. shoe, the tresdle P being depressed so that the driving wheel C is in frictional contact sna 13 1f the movement r the treedlo occurs "the driving surface 27 an "or eccentric portions 91 of the clutch hub 38.

of the bell crank 21 contacts with the hoolred end of the tailof the latch 52. As the treadle bar moves up, the finger 29 then into the notch 28 in the trea'dle bar after a predetermined point in the cycle of operation of the machine and the parts are held by the 'finger 29 from further movement until the hig spot h on the cm 34 moves the lever 30 to the right as shown in Fig. 2 and pulls the finger 29 out of the notch 28 in the treadle bar. While the parts are in this position, the operstormay depress the treadle again to speed up the machine and can control the speed by the position of the tresdle. The finger 29 does not interfere with this movement because the upper corner 01E the notch 28 in the treedle bar is rounded oil". When the finger 29 has been moved by the cam face 33 out of the notch 28 in the treadle bar, the spring 93 can raise the needle bar end the roll 51 being then in contact with the cm surface b on the latch 52, the latch is onhooked from the toil oi the bell crank 21 and the spring 85 is thenewfter free to move the bell crank. The movement of the bell crank moves the main drive wheel 0 out of contact with thehend wheel D" and-then brings the hub '27 in contact with the roll carrier 39 holding those two parts together tightly enough to speed up the roll earrior relative to the clutch hub 38 and carry the clutchrolls ahead and into wedgin the inclined As soon as the roll carrier 39 revolves far enough, the two rollers 90 acting on the inclined surfaces 91 lock the two clutch members 27 and 28 together and the main shaft of themachine-is also momentarily driven at the maximum speed.

When the treedle bar 13 is lifted up by the spring 93 andthe latch 52 is unlocked from the tail of the bell crank 21, it also releases the stop lever 40 so that the spring 43 pushes the stop lever over to the left as soon as is permitted by the change in position of the inclined surface 0 on the cam 37 The arm 46 on the stop lever 40 gets in the path of the tooth 48 on the roll carrier 39 and stops the movement of the roll carrier disengaging the rolls from the driving surface 27 and hub so that from then on the machine is not drivenibut revolves under relation with series of movement takesplacez'The roll;

51 on the treadle bar 13 moves the tail150 its own momentum for about a quarter of a turn, i. e., until stopped in the proper position by the action of the brake. When the upper end of the pin 49 has riddenonto' the high spot 6 of the cam 37, the arm 54 is under the pawl 63. The machine then rotates until the end of the pin 49 snaps into" 48 to'disconnect' the high speed drive, Fig. 7,",

until the machine is stopped by application of the brake.

It also moves the hub 27 out It will be understood that, the machine may be'slowed down'by the actlon of the cam 37 in compressing the spring and devices" constructed and arranged to cause said shaft tobe driven momentarily at a 1 predetermined speed by "said invariable speed drive mechanism immediately prior to the stopping thereof: 2'. In combinationjpositive drive mechanism, variable speed drive mechanism, brake mechanism,- manual control-ling mechanism to initiate a movement of the brake, and mu tomaticineans operated'by said'manual con trollingnojechanism to disconnect the variabl'espeed drive'me'chanism and connect the positive drive mechanism at drive the manism acts. J I I I 3i Incombination with a "machine, friction drivingme'chanism for driving the machine 'at 1 variable speeds, positive driving mechanism for'dri'vingit at full speed, and automatie'stopping mechanism which conchine immediately bef o re the brake Inecha- 44 so that by the time the brake 36 acts, the nectsthe machine' to thepo'sitive full speed speed of the machine may have been some what reduced and the machine stopped practically instantaneously when brake, 'is applied. The stop motion spring 44 and the brake-spring 99 may be made of sufii cient strength to secure the described ac tion. The speeding'up of the machine-prior to stopping, insures the storage in the movmg parts of the machine of a predetermined momentum sufficient to operate the stop motion and brake, and bring the parts to rest in the desired predetermined position,

regardless of the speed at which theme chine happens to berunning when the operator wishes to stop it, for removalof the work. v 1

When the operator presses down the trea'dle to start the machine, the following of the stop lever 40 down andyswings the pin 49out of the path of the cam 37.? This lets the pawl 63 off the arm 54 on the collar 45. The spring 99 is then free to release the The" downward movement of the roll 51 on the treadle bar 13 allows the lat'ch'52 to swing brake and re-set the tension release.

into the position shown in Fig. 1 w'ithits lower end against the tail 50. on' the stop lever; The roll 19 then engages the wearing surface 20 on the bell cranl: 21 and at the same time, the upper end of the latchleg hooks onto the said wearing surface 20 The further movement of the treadle downward, pushes the drive wheel into frictional can tact with the hand wheel. D, setting the main shaft in motion ata speed determined by at; pressure exerted on the treadle.

hat I claim is- 1. In a machine of the class described, in

combination, ashaft, variable speed drive mechanism therefor, invariable speed drive driving mechanism beforeit stops the ma- 4. 111 ?c'o'mbinati'onj with a machine, variablespeed driving mechanism comprising afriction"clutch-and' means under the con trolof the operator-for actuating the clutch, braking means, a separate positive full speed clutch and" mechanism which frees the va riable'speed clutch and causes the positive full speed clutch to engage anddrive the machine before the braking means is actuatedto' stop themachine."

manual controlling means" to set-the brake I mechanismfm'eans" operated by said manual controlling-mechanism to disconnect the variable drive mechanism and connect the positivedri've mechanism to drive the machine immediately before the brake mechani'sm' is set, and means to render the manual controlling means inoperative except at a pre-determined pointfin the rotation of'the mainf'shaftJ, f

' 6i In combination, main shaft, positive drive mechanism, variable drive mechanism and"brakeflmechanism 'for the said shaft, -manual {controlling mechanism, means 0perated' by' said manual controlling mecha- L fore the brake is applied, a cam revolving withthe main shaft andnieans operated by thesaid camto render the manual controlling means 'inopertaive except at a p re-determined point in the rotation of the main Shaft.

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to. move the Step lever ta bring the spring Pin ate the Pa h the c m hnreby the v. v compr ss sprmg and t en release 1t to actuate the brake.

1}. In of he ham r. 51 sqnbed, spam, a stop lever, a brake, a sgmng PM? m e a cam i l e ed sew d by mdmp la fo nd pm, e @911- en enem es ma inpm the spring pm to brak a e n e t'ien Med a:- a awl, and was we the m RIB 5 P H1 m o the we wbemllllg the cam'will fir t set the pawl and a release the pm and the hfiugh I w! willset the aka a Qi the character (19 1 2 9| V H the variable sgaed slum by ngnvement an actuates and and a cmtwub on he .01 late raiag f by o her; PM et i s M trad mlimit" .f 118 that parywhidu 5:2 mswqmo mab a speed clutch. 17

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brake mechanism, a movable treaclle bar Which operates the variable speed clutch by one part of its movement and aetuates said train of mechanism by another part of its movement, said treadle bar having a notch of a length equal to the range of movement Which operates the variable speed clutch, and

a member movable into or out of the said notch to limit the range of movement of the treadle bar to that necessary to operate the 10 clutch.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

FELIX EMILE VALOIS. 

